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- From: dawson@willard.UUCP
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Re: Starting a BBS
- Message-ID: <9qqiPB1w165w@willard.UUCP>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 22:53:07 GMT
- Article-I.D.: willard.9qqiPB1w165w
- References: <1992Aug13.211322.2393@rei2.uucp>
- Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814
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- fox@rei2.uucp (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
-
- > Myles Wakeham <mylesw@amgen.com> writes:
- >
- > >I would budget a minimum of 100mb to handle messaging, utility programs,
- > >doors, etc. Then there's your file system. If you intend to have a lot
- > >of files, then up the size accordingly.
- >
- > Why do people budget so high for a simple BBS system? I used to run a
- > popular system in my area, with a large number of messages, and the
- > whole thing ran great on a simple C64 with two floppy drives. Why the
- > demand for huge storage requirements? The only reason I can see it is
- > for downloads, and not every BBS even has a need for such things.
-
- What do you call "a large number of messages?" What do you call "a simple BBS
- system?" Actually, the real question should be, "why am I responding to this
- inane query?" Get for real, man... or did you not know that a bbs may carry
- networked messages (either Usenet or otherwise)? Do you have any real idea of
- what's going on out in bbs land? Your C64 with only two floppies might have
- been great for a local, non-networked system, but hardly little else, surely.
-
- --
- dawson@willard.UUCP (Willard Dawson)
- Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814
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